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FreightWaves wins $100,000 during “Rise of the Rest” Chattanooga competition

on May 10 th, 2018 by Tom Ballard

A fast growing start-up that projects it will generate $13 million in revenue and add another 40 to 50 employees this year won the $100,000 investment at Thursday’s “Rise of the Rest” stop in Chattanooga.

FreightWaves, founded by Craig Fuller, bested seven other competitors during the program that began with a “fireside chat” in driving rain with thunder and lightning and ended with clear skies and sunshine. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer described Freight Waves as “Bloomberg for freight,” preparing market indices, geo heat-maps, and barometers that “map the freight market.”

The Chattanooga stop was the fourth of five cities visited during the Steve Case and J.D. Vance tour across the South.